A Hill of Predators
23 May 2006
Editor, The Washington Times
Dear Editor:
Re the Federal Trade Commission's failure to find price-gouging by oil companies in the wake of last-year's hurricanes ("FTC Finds No Katrina Gas-Price Gouging," May 23): when next asked to search for evidence of devious plutocrats chiseling innocent people out of their hard-earned money, the FTC should dispatch its investigators to Capitol Hill. There, even a cursory inquiry will uncover swindlers whose arrogance and gluttony for power and lucre are matched only by their deceitfulness.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Editor, The Washington Times
Dear Editor:
Re the Federal Trade Commission's failure to find price-gouging by oil companies in the wake of last-year's hurricanes ("FTC Finds No Katrina Gas-Price Gouging," May 23): when next asked to search for evidence of devious plutocrats chiseling innocent people out of their hard-earned money, the FTC should dispatch its investigators to Capitol Hill. There, even a cursory inquiry will uncover swindlers whose arrogance and gluttony for power and lucre are matched only by their deceitfulness.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Posted by Don Boudreaux on
Thursday March 8, 2007 at 6:10pm